The story
From being a counter-sized adaptation of shuffleboard.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
table shuffleboard
Today it means: A game and sport, played on a shuffleboard table, over 20ft/6m long, with weighted steel pucks, frequently found in bars and pubs. The aim is to slid the smooth-bottomed pucks into the tiered endzones, and achieve a score without being knocked out by competitor pucks. Similar in play to a cross between curling and shuffleboard. Full definition →